Fire Island, Alaska
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There are three island
Island
An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, cays or keys. An island in a river or lake may be called an eyot , or holm...

s named Fire Island in the U.S. state
U.S. state
A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...

 of Alaska
Alaska
Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...

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In the Kashevarof Passage

One is 0.1 mile (0.160934 km) long (160 m) and located in Kashevarof Passage, off the north coast of Prince of Wales Island
Prince of Wales Island, Alaska
Prince of Wales Island is one of the islands of the Alexander Archipelago in the Alaska Panhandle. It is the fourth-largest island in the United States and the 97th-largest island in the world....

, at 56°14′N 133°3′W.

Bogoslof Island

Another Fire Island is in the eastern Aleutian Islands at 53°56′N 168°2′W near Bogoslof Island
Bogoslof Island
Bogoslof Island or Agasagook Island is the summit of a largely submarine stratovolcano located in the Bering Sea in the U.S. state of Alaska, behind the main Aleutian volcanic arc. It has a land area of and is unpopulated. The peak elevation of the island is...

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Anchorage

A third Fire Island is in Cook Inlet
Cook Inlet
Cook Inlet stretches from the Gulf of Alaska to Anchorage in south-central Alaska. Cook Inlet branches into the Knik Arm and Turnagain Arm at its northern end, almost surrounding Anchorage....

, just off Anchorage
Anchorage, Alaska
Anchorage is a unified home rule municipality in the southcentral part of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is the northernmost major city in the United States...

, the largest and most well known of all of them.
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